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a go of the move, and whether or not he will like the com- 

 munity into which he settles. Beekeepers who have gone south 

 to engage in our industry and who have been dissatisfied, 

 have only themselves to blame in many cases. Insufficient 

 investigation of every feature of the locality selected is probably 

 the reason for most of the ultimate dissatisfaction which results. 

 The South has been given a ''black eye" by many a man who 

 went down there chasing a "pot of gold," rather than a rational 

 proposition. 



Morley Pettit's Opinion. 



The ultimate opinion that may be voiced by some northerners, 

 was summed up by Morley Pettit, well known beekeeper of 

 Georgetown, Ontario, Canada, in the April, 1919, number of the 

 "Domestic Beekeeper." After spending the winter in Florida he 

 wrote: "Outside of the Appalachicola districts this is said to 

 be one of the best honey producing districts of the state; but 

 with all its uncertainties, strange pests, and the long active 

 season, the total surplus is probably no more than we get in a 

 short sharp season and have done with it. This northern bee- 

 keeper is satisfied to raise his honey and make his money in good 

 old Ontario, where he knows what to expect, and where Jack 

 Frost compels bugs and bees to take a few months rest in the 

 year. Lake Worth, Florida, February 21, 1919.* 



Treating Him * 'Handsome/' 



While once the guest of a well known Tennessee beekeeper the 

 author was being entertained by the lady of the household with 

 tales of exploits of her brothers in the war between states. In 

 mentioning the army of the North, the hostess always said, 

 "The Enemy." Knowing the army of the North would always 

 be "The Enemy" to this good woman, nothing was thought 

 of the term until the young man of the household, who breeds 

 good queen bees, and likes a joke as well, said: "Hawkins, 

 do you know I was fifteen years old before I knew that 'damn 

 Yankee' was not all one word?" 



